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G’day mates, Mr. TV here. So after 13 years, the final episode of BFDIA dropped and Book won.

First of all, congrats to all the Book fans out there. Genuinely. You got your girl to win a season that took nearly 14 years to finish. So yeah, celebrate. You earned that.

And before I continue, no, I won’t be talking about the episode as a whole. I haven’t watched BFDIA since episode 22, I’m not gonna watch 25, so I’ve got no business ripping into something I haven’t seen. That’s a line I’m actually gonna respect.

What I will talk about is the result itself, and my thoughts on our two finalists: Book and Needle. Anyway, let’s continue.

If you know me, I am on nobody’s side and I find both finalists pretty mid overall, so it wouldn’t come as a surprise that… I couldn’t care less who won between those two. Book taking it home isn't some massive shock or anything I’m raging about. Both Book and Needle are pretty mid finalists in my books, so yeah, not exactly losing sleep over it.

Book taking the W just feels... whatever. I’m not mad, not throwing a tantrum in the comments like some people probably will. It’s whatever at this point. But this is a hot take and will get me a lot of downvotes, but Book is a tad bit worse winner than Flower was back in BFB and that’s saying something.

Yeah, Flower isn’t exactly the most beloved or exciting winner either, but to me, she is just a bit more enjoyable than Book. I actually kinda enjoy Flower in post-split and her redemption arc was pretty solid. She had that over-the-top diva energy that could be funny at times, even if it got old. Book though? Man, she’s just... there. Super boring most of the time. Her whole “I’m a nice helpful book” thing doesn’t bring much spice to the table, and I never felt like she earned her spot in the begin with. Same goes for Needle, honestly, she’s had some decent moments but nothing that screamed “finalist material” for me. For me, Fries (or Nickel) vs Coiny should have been the real finale. Nickel was in the peak of his whole existence, Fries was an amazing sight to see, and Coiny was also amazing and his whole arc with Pin was probably the best thing that came out of BFDIA.

And the funny thing is, if it wasn’t for those sympathy votes, Book wouldn’t even be here. Let’s be real, a big chunk of why Book made it this far is because she lost almost every single challenge in the season and fans feel bad for her. And let me you tell you something, being a finalist mostly because of sympathy/pity votes is not a great look. It’s like, congrats, the fans truely care about you but you didn’t actually earn it through the competition itself. There’s a difference between being loveable and being a worthy winner, and I’m not sure Book really clears that bar for me.

At least Needle earned her spot through sheer determination and skill, I’ll give her that much, but even then, to me, there’s not really that much to write home about with Needle either. Like, good for her for making it to the end, but I’m not exactly doing backflips over it. So I’ll say this, should Needle win over Book? Yes. But is she a good finalist in my opinion? Not really, no.

To wrap this up, I’m not here to rain on anyone’s parade. The Book fans are celebrating, another chapter of BFDI is officially closed after nearly 14 years, and that’s a genuinely huge deal for this community. I can acknowledge all of that while still thinking the finale we got, at least in terms of who was standing at the end, was a bit of a letdown for me personally.

Once again, congrats to the Book fans, genuinely. You waited 14 years for this season to wrap up and your girl pulled it off. I just personally think the wrong person from the cast got the win, but that’s a hill I’ve been standing on for a while now and I’m not climbing down today.

Even though the TPOT final 3 is based off the current remaining contestants and eliminated contestants are not included, I would have Remote be the first ever rejoiner to make it to the final 3. if it was based off all contestants, then Fanny, Remote, and Cake would obviously be in the final 3

G’day mates, Mr. TV here. So, once again, I’m on writer’s block, so this is where you guys once again come in clutch. I have realised in the one-odd year I have been on this subreddit that the more time passes, the harder it gets to think of new stuff to post, so sooner rather than later, I might be at the stage where I have completely ran out of ideas, won’t post daily, and/or just straight up leave the sub altogether (that would be a nightmare scenario since I love this community to death). But yeah, that’s the future, for now, let’s focus on the present.

So the rules are the same as always. Here is a recap for those who are new to these type of posts:

• Has to be BFDI-related in some capacity. We’re on r/BattleForDreamIsland, not any other subreddit.
• No brainrot or low-effort slop. If it’s like “What if Tung Tung Tung Sahur was in BFDI?” or “Rate X character as a Skibidi meme”, I’m gonna have to hard pass on that. I want ideas with some actual meat on them.
• Keep it thoughtful and creative. I want to actually be excited to make the post, not just fill a quota.
• Nothing that’d get nuked by the mods. Use common sense.
• If someone’s already suggested an idea you thought of, don’t just parrot it back. Scroll through the comments first and bring something fresh to the table. Duplicates are a waste of everyone’s time.
• No art ideas. I can’t stress this enough. I am SHIT at art, so if you are looking for a artist, I’m not your guy. Please don’t suggest it.
• You’re allowed to suggest more than one idea this time around. In fact, please do. The last few times I done something like these posts, most of you only dropped one idea and dipped. That’s cool and all, but I need more variety to work with here. So please, give me like 2, 3, 4, maybe even more. This is your chance to have a say in my content, so why not go all out?
• Serious ideas only. I know some of you think it’s funny to suggest shitpost topics, but that’s not what I’m here for. You know who you are.

 

And that’s the refresher on the rules and remember, I got a few bangers dropping soon but those will be on a later date. For those who don’t know, here they are:

• Clake (Cake and Clock) Analysis - Dropping in time for Pride Month 2026, which is less than a month away now. 
• Mechanical Mind Analysis: October 2026, about TV, Remote, Robot Flower and Roboty (with Fanny as an honorary mechanical mind)
• Fanny Analysis - TBA 2026. This one’s still in the “maybe” pile if I’m being real with you. Yeah, she’s my favourite, but I’m pretty sure I have done a long rant about her before and I don’t want to just rehash the same points I already made. So we’ll see. Don’t get your hopes up just yet

Anyway, that’s all from me for now. Drop your ideas in the comments and let’s see what you’ve all got.  And also, please make the ideas something I can do within the week because since I have ran out of ideas right now, I’m thinking short term, not long term. Cheers!

G’day mates, Mr. TV here. As you can read from the title, today we are talking about the ‘main character/mascot’ and how I don’t like the idea of him soloing/defeating One in TPOT 25.

If you know me pretty well, you know that I have been pretty critical about not just Firey, but also Leafy as well. However, before you say anything, it’s not about their characters or anything like that. I actually think those two are some pretty solid characters and deserve to be where they are today. My issue isn’t with them as characters. It’s how the show (and a majority of the fandom) have essentially shoved them down our throats for over a decade now as the de facto mains, but that’s for another day. However, I wanna talk about something similar that somewhat ties back to my issue with the two.

So a few hours ago, a user (u/waddlie_waddle) posted something here about that line from One in TPOT 20: “I don’t think this guy poses much of a threat at all, anyway.” (referring to Firey). A lot of people in the comments are  saying shit like ‘It foreshadows that Firey is actually the biggest threat One has” and “if firey solos one in tpot 25 i'm gonna be the happiest being alive’. And to that I say: please, for the love of everything good in this show, do NOT let this happen.

Look, I don’t hate Firey. I’ve said it before, he’s a solid character with some genuinely fun moments, especially back in the early seasons. Competitive, loyal to his mates (most of the time), bit of a dim spark but endearing in his own way. Same goes for Leafy. But here’s the problem that no one seems to care about. We have been dealing with the same two characters being the absolute centre of the universe for 10+ years now. Firey wins BFDI, gets Dream Island (then loses it in the most iconic way possible thanks to Leafy), they have their whole dramatic friendship arc that the show keeps circling back to, and even in TPOT where they're split off doing their own thing, the narrative still finds ways to keep them relevant. I was already annoyed that Leafy got involved with the One storyline and ragebaited One because while it was fun and chaotic to watch her get under One’s skin, she doesn’t really need a big role in the overarching plot against One.

Now the theorycrafting is ramping up that Firey is gonna defeat/solo One in TPOT 25 and honestly? That sounds like the most forced possible outcome they could go with, and it’s because of one important reason: it would prove to us that Jacknjellify is NOT letting the two main characters go anytime soon.

Like seriously, it would prove to  me that Jacknjellify just cannot resist making Firey and Leafy the centre of attention no matter what season we’re in. And before anyone twists my words, no, I am NOT saying Firey and/or Leafy should never be important ever again. They’re legacy characters. Of course they’re gonna matter to the franchise. Firey is literally the first BFDI character ever created and the winner of season one, while Leafy is a finalist, Firey’s best friend, and the second mascot alongside Firey. All I’m saying is this: at some point, whenever fans like it or not, Firey and Leafy should pass the torch and take a  backseat so other characters can truly shine without constantly orbiting around them.

Y’all probably be like ‘but Mr. TV, what about SpongeBob, what about Mario? They have been their respective series’ main characters for 30+ years and no one is complaining about that.” Okay, fair point, but the difference is that SpongeBob and Mario are BUILT around being the main characters. BFDI isn’t. One of the biggest strengths of this franchise is that it has a massive cast where practically anyone can become important if the writers want them to. That’s literally why TPOT has worked so well for a lot of people. We’ve gotten focus on characters who spent YEARS in the background. Characters like Fanny, Pencil, Donut, hell even Gaty got fleshed out massively compared to where they started. The show has proven that they can move on from the old guard, that they can tell genuinely compelling stories with new focuses, that they can make lightning-in-a-bottle moments with characters people slept on for years. 

Now, let’s talk about WHO actually deserves to be the one to take down One. And in my opinion, the answer is glaringly obvious and I have been saying it for a while now: Two.

Firstly, Two and One have a lot of history together. Well, I mean, they weren’t really friends or enemies back in the day, but Two was apart of the whole equation playground crew in the past and was one of the many Algebralians who outcasted One. Y’all probably be like ‘but what about Four? He also has a lot of history with One and he was literally the one who led the imprisoning of her in the moon in the first place!” Well, I have one major problem with that: Four would repeat history and put her in extreme solitary confinement once again, meaning One would just go right back to being all alone and probably go even more crazy instead of actually learning from what happened and changing. That’s not justice. That’s just repeating a cycle that turned One into what she became in the first place. A broken, isolated being who just wanted a friend. You lock her back up, she rots, she comes back worse. Two on the other hand, I have a good feeling that Two would have a different approach to the whole situation than just tossing One back into a worse version of the same punishment.

And secondly, One has directly ruined Two’s life. She has erased Gaty (which caused Two to have a year long  depression where they just rot in bed), she caused multiple catastrophic events to the planet their show is on (storms, time travelling nonsense, kicking Earth out of orbit, etc), and has repeatedly put both contestants and entire timelines in danger because of her obsession with “fixing” things her own way. 

Two has the history, Two has the personal stakes, and Two has the reasons to defeat One. It would give Two a massive character payoff and a satisfying narrative resolution for the season's central conflict. Two has been positioned as the host trying to keep everything together while dealing with the fallout of One's chaos. Giving them the victory over One would feel reasonable and earned, especially given everything Two has endured throughout TPOT.

Y’all probably be like ‘but Two is too empathetic and kind-hearted to actually go through with defeating One,’ and to that I say, SO WHAT? Just because he has empathy and compassion doesn’t mean they have the guts to beat the living shit out of One. Not everything Two does has to revolve around pure kindness and forgiveness without consequences. Honestly, even though I am a day one One redemption arc advocate, I would love to see Two just pummel the crap out of her with everything they have. That would be SICK and I would pay to see a One-Two fight scene. 

At the end of the day, a Firey defeating One scenario would absolutely piss me off for two simple reasons: 1, Firey doesn’t truly deserve and need it, and 2, it would be the biggest hint that Jacknjellify isn’t going to let them go, or even just step aside for once and let the story breathe without dragging Firey (and by extension Leafy) back into the centre of everything like a magnet.

Anyways, that’s my rant. I’m probably gonna make another post soon about how Firey and Leafy have been shoved down our throats for a decade or so and how I’m getting sick of it, but that’s a discussion for another time.

So what do y’all think about the whole ‘Firey is gonna defeat One’ theory/idea? Do y’all think it’s a good direction for the story, or are you like me and would be fuming if it actually came to pass?

And this is a friendly warning to jacknjellify (that’s if they are even reading this), please, for the love of god, don’t make Firey (or Leafy) the one who ends up defeating One. That would be very underwhelming and narratively repetitive, especially given how TPOT has spent so much time deliberately trying to expand the spotlight beyond the same handful of legacy characters and be the era where Firey and Leafy doesn’t have a major impact on every single season.   

Anyway, that’s my two cents on the whole thing and I’ll see y’all in the comments. I’m expecting disagreement on this one, but please, keep it civil and actually think about what I’m saying before jumping to conclusions or calling me a hater or whatever.

G’day mates, Mr. TV here. The 2026 BFDI x II tour announcement short has finally came out on both Jacknjellify and AnimationEpic’s channels, and  I’mma be honest, it was probably the most underwhelming out of all the previous crossover shorts.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still pretty solid. Maybe around a 6.5/10. The animation looks clean as always, the voice acting is on point, and seeing the casts interact with that multiverse rift stuff that has been happening in TPOT was pretty fun. The Announcer replacing MePhone4 in that scene with Steve Cobs was a bit fun, Yellow Face butchering (don’t lie. That dude was dogshit at singing) Taco’s Tirade was genuinely funny, and II Nickel acting like his BFDI self during that elimination scene was ridiculous.

But here’s my thing, compare this to the previous crossover shorts and it just doesn’t hit the same. It’s basically “oh shit, the timeline has been disrupted. Let’s see what happens if we just swap a few iconic scenes” and then it ends with the tour plug. Feels kinda basic and formulaic at this point. I mean, yeah, it’s a great callback to the current events going on in TPOT with the multiverse rifts, but there’s rarely anything that catched my attention as much as the older ones did.

Like the 2024 one, where the two hosts of their respective shows at the time Two and MePhone4 explore every city that will have a stop during that tour was fun as hell. Or last year’s one, which had every shared character between the two shows meet their counterpart for the first time was genuinely wholesome and entertaining. The Balloon vs Balloony dynamic was fun to watch, Fan and Fanny was iconic as fuck, and the Taco vs II Taco dynamic where BFDI Taco was just being genuinely friendly while II Taco was cold as hell towards her was so weirdly wholesome and funny at the same time.  Heck, even 2023’s “TWO OF THEM!?” was more memorable just off the sheer chaos of the two Nickels meeting each other and just going absolutely feral at each other. That was hilarious. 

This one though? It’s just… scene swaps. Oh, the Announcer was built by Steve Cobs instead of MePhone4. Oh, Yellow Face replaces MePad and completely butchers Taco’s Tirade. Oh, II Nickel has been replaced by BFDI Nickel and was all silly when he found out Suitcase voted him. Yeah, all of those were neat little nods, but at the end of the day,  it’s just ‘swap a character in a scene and see what happens’. It never really evolves beyond that concept.

Once again, I’m not saying it’s bad or anything. I still had a decent time watching it and there were definitely some jokes that landed for me. Yellow Face singing is probably gonna become a fandom meme for the next month and the BFDI 1a parody with Baseball with Match instead of Pencil was a sick throwback. I also like how the concept ties back to TPOT’s rift in the sky stuff, but it felt kinda bland. I mean, I get it, there’s nothing really else you can do with this concept and the short is obviously more focused on announcing the tour itself rather than telling an actual story, but I dunno man. Compared to the energy and creativity of the previous crossover shorts, this one just feels like a bunch of “let’s see what happens if we replace this character with this character” skits stitched together.

Anyway that’s just my two cents. Curious if anyone else felt this way or if y’all actually loved it. Drop your thoughts below.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Cake perching on Remote’s shoulder/head in the first photo is so fucking adorable!

Also, Cake turned back to normal around TPOT 23-24

And oh, for those who don’t know what I am talking about, here are the links to all three parts of my “How I Would Write a F•R•C Mini Arc“ series

https://www.reddit.com/r/BattleForDreamIsland/comments/1srjxha/how_i_would_write_a_frc_mini_arc_part_1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/BattleForDreamIsland/comments/1ssb7up/how_i_would_write_a_frc_mini_arc_part_2/

https://www.reddit.com/r/BattleForDreamIsland/comments/1stb6kd/how_i_would_write_a_frc_mini_arc_part_3_the_finale/

G’day mates, Mr. TV here. I am making this post today to say… how am I not surprised! Jacknjellify just dropped on X that the two international spots for the BFDIA 25 screening are Brixton, London and Calgary, Alberta. London was an absolute lock because it’s the big British city that is probably one of the most predictable choices for them (huge BFDI fanbase in the UK, easy logistics, etc.). And for Canada? Of course they went with the “North American English-speaking country” option. And here’s the thing, I didn’t predict an exact location for Canada (maybe I did with Toronto or Vancouver). I said A city in Canada because it was the most obvious international English-speaking pick outside the United Kingdom.

No shade to them, but you could thrown a curveball and gone with a shocker like Dublin or even Tokyo. But nah, they played it safe and predictable as always. London + a major Canadian city was the easiest international duo they could've picked, and I called that as soon as the two international locations announcement came out. Like, you didn’t even need a crystal ball for this one.

And look, I get it. Those two are some of the well known cities in the world and the logistics are easier to work with. But the whole point is that they were the obvious, the boring, the predictable ones. Like, those picks are so bland, it would be in competition with Book or Needle for how boring they are. No offense to Book or Needle fans, of course.

But yeah, I said what I said. London and a Canadian city. Boom. Called it. No big brain prediction, no insider knowledge, nothing. For Canada, you could have told me it was in Regina or Whistler and I would still nod and be like “yeah, sounds about right.” And as for Brixton, same thing as Canada. You could have told me it was in Kingston upon Thames or Westminster and I would still nod and go “yep, makes total sense.” London is London. You don’t even need to specify the borough, because of course it’s somewhere in Greater London. Brixton just happened to be the specific spot they landed on, but it could have been Hackney, Islington, Camden, whatever, my prediction was always going to age well no matter where in that city they picked.

I mean, I’m not excited for BFDIA 25 as the next person. You probably all know that I am never a big fan of post-hiatus BFDIA and I will probably not watch the episode unless a massive moment happens, so it’s not like I’m personally invested in hyping up these screenings or anything.

What do y’all think? Was this as obvious to everyone else or am I just built different? And jacknjellify, if you guys are for some reason reading this (which you probably aren't), you could have picked somewhere actually interesting for once. Heck, come to Adelaide. Me and my fellow South Australians will welcome you with open arms, a few cartons of Farmer’s Union, and a few state of the art venues you can use for the screening.  You wanna go with the most popular one? Go with the Adelaide Entertainment Centre? Or do you fancy an outdoor stadium that hosted AFL games, cricket, Adele, Metallica (with Evanescence as the opening act) and later this year, Charlie Puth? The Adelaide Oval is your venue. Either way, Adelaide has the venues, the passionate fanbase, and the absolute audacity to host something like this. But I digress.

Anyway, that’s all I got for today’s post. This is Mr. TV, signing off! Peace! ✌️

G’day mates, Mr. TV here. Today, I am going to talk about one of the many contestants I rarely talk about it, either because I don’t like them or interest me that much. Today’s subject? Balloony, specifically his relevancy.

I’mma be honest, Balloony is really boring in my opinion. Nothing really interesting going on with him, really. Like yeah, he’s nice and friendly, and his friendship with Cloudy on BEEP is sweet and all, but that’s basically it. That’s the whole character. He’s just… the chill balloon dude who likes Rocky’s vomit for some reason. And his whole post-split run? He was on the Have Cots for like five minutes before getting booted first in “Take the Tower” with 3,516 votes. First eliminated in the entire post-split. FIRST. That tells you everything you need to know about how much of an impression he was leaving on people.

So for the longest time, if you asked anyone what they thought of Balloony, you’d probably get one of three responses:

1. “Oh yeah, that’s Cloudy’s best friend.”

2. “Oh yeah, he’s the dude that got eliminated first after the split.”

3. Wait, Balloony? Who’s that again?”

That was it. That was the whole discourse around this guy. He wasn’t loved, he wasn’t hated, he was just… there. Floating in the background. And honestly, makes sense… well in my opinion because I do find him pretty dull compared to the rest of the cast. No big moments, no real character development to speak of, no storylines that made you sit up and go “oh okay, THIS is interesting.” Just a pretty boring character.

And then TPOT 18 happens and out of all characters, it’s Balloony who was hanging out with the Announcer and got kidnapped by him. 

Okay, I gotta admit, yeah, it could be absolutely anyone, and yeah, it’s not like the show hasn’t done surprise focus characters before. I’m not trying to be the guy who is like ‘the more established characters should get the focus’ because that’s genuinely lame and I don’t wanna be that person. But I am absolutely stunned by the sheer randomness of it all. Like, out of everyone they could have picked, they went with Balloony. They picked the guy who most casual viewers (including myself) had mentally filed away under “a nobody, probably someone who won’t matter for the rest of the show.” And now suddenly he’s got a whole thing with the Announcer. 

And apparently (this is from my research on the internet), the Balloony-Announcer subplot is going to be a major ongoing storyline moving forward into the Defeat One trilogy thing that will begin in the next month or so. People are already speculating that the Balloony-Announcer thing is going to be one of those plotlines that gets resolved in the trilogy. Which means this random nobody suddenly gets tied into what is basically shaping up to be the biggest overarching storyline in BFDI’s modern era.

Wait, WHAT?!

Where the fuck was this dude before all of this?

Like seriously, let’s rewind the entire Balloony career for a second.

This is the same guy who: 

• Was Cloudy’s best friend

• Most just existed  in BEEP

• Got eliminated first in post-split like the voters were trying to make a point 

• Was one of those “oh right, that guy exists” contestants whenever people listed the cast.

• Didn’t have any significant arcs 

That’s his whole resume. And before you say, ‘but Balloony hosted in BFDIA 14–16. That came out before TPOT 18,” yeah, he did. I’m not gonna pretend that didn’t happen. But even that feels like one of those “oh right, this character exists, give him something to do for five minutes” situations rather than anything actually meant to develop him as a character.

Even if you include the hosting gig in BFDIA, my point still stands: Balloony is a textbook case of a background character and for the longest time, that was exactly where he should stay as, because for me,  there’s nothing exciting about him, there’s  nothing that suggests he should suddenly be important, and he was just a boring guy who I wouldn’t have batted an eye at if he disappeared from the show entirely and nothing changed.

Now, because of this, I just hope Balloony and Announcer encounter One and both of them get wiped out because there is no way in hell I’m supposed to suddenly care this much about a character who, up until like TPOT 18, I would’ve just shrugged and gone “oh right, it’s Balloony”

And before anyone says anything, I’m not trying to make you change your opinions or anything like that. If you like Balloony, cool, genuinely, more power to you. I’m not here to argue that he should stay irrelevant or whatever.

I just don’t get the sudden pivot

Like, it’s not even a “oh wow, they finally gave this character a moment to shine” situation. It‘s a “really? This dude? You telling me out of everyone in the entire cast, this is the guy you are going to build a major plot thread around” situation. We are talking about the same person who up until recently was basically living in the same tier as “background filler until someone remembers he exists.” And the saddest part about Balloony? The thing most people remember him from… is being the first  eliminated in post-split (and also being Cloudy’s best friend, who is equally forgettable, if we’re being brutally honest). 

And look, not to hate the guy or anything, but he shouldn’t be in the spot he is right now.  And I want to stress this again before people jump me in the comments: I don’t mean “he shouldn’t be allowed to exist” or some weird anti-Balloony agenda. I just mean narratively speaking, this feels like the most left-field “promotion to relevance” I’ve seen in a while in BFDI. He has a boring personality, his only real claim to fame was being “that balloon guy who hangs around Cloudy,” and that’s basically his whole role in the ecosystem of BFDI. I can name a few other people who are just like Balloony, but he is a prime  example of a character who just sort of exists and should stay in the background. it’s for the best and… I genuinely don’t think I’m being unreasonable saying that.

 

So yeah. That’s where I’m at. Balloony relevancy came out of absolutely nowhere and I’m still trying to process why that specific balloon is suddenly part of the big story. Curious if anyone else feels the same or if I’m just completely underestimating Balloony.

G’day mates, Mr. TV here. Today, I thought I’d share a headcanon I’ve been sitting on for a while now regarding One and Two. This is something I made up based on a combination of canon facts and a bit of speculation on my part, so take it with a grain of salt. With that out of the way, let’s get into it.

So, as we all know by now, One’s entire arc in TPOT has been about hunting down the other Algebralians both for revenge and for their powers, and the Algebralian she mostly targets is Two. And while it’s easy to assume that One’s targeting of Two is personal, like it is with the rest of the Algebralians, I actually don’t think that’s the case at all, which leads to my headcanon:

Out of all the Algebralians, One doesn’t actually hate Two. If anything, she respects them more than pretty much any other Algebralian out there.

The rest of them? Practically dead to her, especially Four. Although Two had outcasted One in the past like the rest of the them, One specifically finds the others dead to her for their role in sealing her away on the Moon for fourteen years. Two was off doing their own thing (or from what we saw in TPOT 21, too afraid to get involved back then), so they never took part in the sealing or the whole 2009 mess with Three. That already puts Two in a completely different category for One.

Also in this headcanon, One genuinely admires what Two has built with their show The Power of Two. She loves how welcoming, calm, and just genuinely inclusive it is, a competition that feels truly fair and open to everyone, in sharp contrast to BFB… or in One’s case in this headcanon, she’d probably call it “Four’s totalitarian regime.”

One knows what Four is as a host. She knows that Four usually screech, zap, mutilate, and just straight up abuse the contestants all while maintaining an iron grip on the contestants. One sees this as the opposite of what a proper competition host should be like. Two, on the other hand, runs things differently, calm, fair, and actually caring about the contestants and the integrity of the competition. In One’s eyes, that kind of approach is something worth admiring, especially after seeing what she views as Four’s more authoritarian style of hosting.

Her reason for targeting Two is not personal at all. If it were, she would have confronted Two directly, taken their power in a more brutal way like she plans with the others, and move on. The real reason is Two’s powers (and the other Algebralians) are a necessity. One needs all the power in the world to restore Three from her glitching and unstable state that she accidentally caused out of betrayal and pure rage. That’s the desperate drive behind everything: gathering every last bit of Algebralian power to fully restore Three to her former self, and whether One respects Two or not, that’s including Two’s powers.

Deep down, One carries a quiet, gnawing guilt over everything she has put Two through, despite the necessity driving her actions. This includes the destruction of their show’s planet, the erasure of their closest friend Gaty, and the complete unraveling of the welcoming community Two had worked so hard to build.

With the Defeat One trilogy coming, I can just imagine in TPOT 24, One secretly confronts Two and has a quiet, almost reluctant conversation with them before the real fight breaks out in TPOT 25 despite obviously being on opposite sides in the battle.

Anyway, that’s just my headcanon and probably something JNJ won’t end up confirming (because from what I see, JNJ rarely  gets ideas from its fans and usually prefers to cook things independently).

So what do y’all think? Are you hopping on this headcanon bandwagon or am I completely off in left field here? Let me know your thoughts down below. Curious to hear if anyone else reads their dynamic the same way or if I’ve just overcooked this one completely.

Cheers for reading 👍

Okay, so the BFDIA finale is 7 days away and y’all probably be like “Mr. TV, who are you rooting for in the finale?” Well, you are about to be in for a shock because my  allegiance is to team… NONE! 

Yep, you heard me correct! None of them! Not Book, not Needle. And y’all probably be like ‘pick a side damnit! You either rooting for one or the other.’ What if I don’t want to? And before you freak out like it’s a crime against humanity, I’m using ✨fReEdOm Of SpEeCh✨ whenever you like it or not.

 

Anyway, let me just get straight into it before I start losing my sanity and start World War III in the comments.

Before I begin, this is my opinions and my opinions only. It’s not meant to be  taken as fact or anything like that, so don’t come at me like I just insulted your entire bloodline.

Now with that out of the way, here are my two  main reasons why I’m on Team None.

The first reason is that neither Book nor Needle really feel like they deserve to be the finalists. In my opinion, both of them are boring and underwhelming. I just don’t really see the appeal in neither of them. Like, I know people are gonna jump in my replies saying “Book/Needle have development, they’re interesting, blah blah blah,” and I get it, I’ve heard that argument like 500 times already.

Firstly, Book only made it to the finale  because of pity votes. Book lost nearly every single challenge after a certain point and just coasted on people feeling bad for her or whatever. And as for her personality, nothing to write about. She’s just… there in my opinion. Kind of like the generic nice character who shows up, says some supportive stuff, and doesn’t really leave much of an impression beyond that. Her “development” feels more like the writers felt bad after all the stuff that happened to her earlier and just decided to push her forward with pity instead of actual strong moments.

Needle isn’t much better for me. Sure, she has that sassy, no-nonsense energy, but it got old fast. And plus, her arc is probably one of the most ridiculous and boring arcs I have probably seen. Her arc revolves around ‘winning for herself’. Yeah, no shit, Sherlock! That’s what every contestant is supposed to be doing! It’s not some groundbreaking character revelation when she’s been in the game for this long. And just like Book, there’s also nothing to write home about her either. Her whole “I’m doing this for me” thing just comes across as surface-level and her whole character is kinda boring.

My second reason (and this probably won’t really be a big one compared to my previous reason) is that I’ve simply never been a fan of post-hiatus BFDIA. This is something a lot of you probably might know about if you’ve been following my posts for a while. Post-hiatus BFDIA just never clicked with me the same way the pre-hiatus episodes did. Don’t get me wrong, the animation upgrade looks fantastic and the production value is through the roof, but the overall vibe, pacing, and character focus shifted in ways that left me less invested. Pre-hiatus is just too iconic and amazing to top in my view. The humor felt sharper, the character interactions more natural, and the overall energy of the show aligned better with what initially drew me and many others into the series. 

I know almost everyone in the OSC finds post-hiatus to be peak and even their favourite season/part of the show, and let me be honest with you, love what you love, but for me, it’s incredibly overrated and boring for my taste. I prefer TPOT which has more compelling arcs, higher stakes, and way better character writing overall. TPOT just feels like it knows what it wants to be and executes on it without trying too hard to be “nostalgic” or drift away from what they do best.

Now, I’m not too sure if I should put this as a third reason or if it should be apart of the first, but the finale gives me major ‘ maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way’ vibes, and not in a good, heartfelt way. Book and Needle have been close friends for almost the entirety of the season, which, correct me if I’m wrong, doesn’t really bring a meaningful or tense rivalry that would make for an exciting finale. It's more like watching two buddies compete in a friendly game rather than a high-stakes battle. You probably be like ‘firstly, have you heard of friendly rivalries? And secondly, the finale is about who was the strongest competitor in the end’. Yeah, I know what a finale is all about and I know there are such things as friendly rivalries. But when the two finalists have been buddy-buddy for pretty much the entire post-hiatus run, it just doesn’t hit the same. There’s no real tension, no stakes that make you sit on the edge of your seat wondering how it’s going to end. It feels more like a friendly competition between two pals who are just happy to be there together. It’s essentially a repeat of Flower vs Gelatin back in BFB, mostly because both pairs are close allies with very little actual conflict or rivalry driving the finale. Sure, there might be some light banter or one-off moments, but it doesn’t build that electric tension you want in a season-ending showdown.

And yeah, I’m not watching the episode (haven’t been watching a BFDIA episode for quite while now) and I couldn’t care less about the outcome at this point.

At the end of the day, my stance is pretty simple: I’m not Team Book, I’m not Team Needle… I’m Team None.

And honestly? That feels like the most consistent position I can take based on how I’ve felt about post-hiatus BFDIA in general. I know some people are gonna say I’m “missing out” or “not giving it a chance,” but I’ve already given it that chance for months. It just didn’t click the same way pre-hiatus did for me, and that’s fine.

So, what do y’all think about this? Are you also Team None or are you one of those people who’s fully locked in on Book or Needle and think I should just “pick a side” like it’s some moral obligation? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below, because I already know this is either gonna turn into a civil discussion or a full-on OSC civil war.

If the finale somehow changes my mind (I’ll probably find out from social media), I’ll eat my words. Publicly. No copium, no excuses.

But I’m not holding my breath.

G’day mates, Mr. TV here. In this post, I thought I would get creative and share my full vision for what a proper One villain song could sound like in BFDI/TPOT.

Before you say anything, no, this is not going to be a cheesy Disney-style villain number. I’m trying to redefine what a villain song can even be in this series. Traditional ones hype up the evil laughs, the schemes, the cackling power trip. But One’s whole deal is deeper and way more tragic. She’s not just some evil baddie who cackles about world domination while twirling a mustache. One’s story hits different, it’s about what solitary confinement can do to one person and how isolation slowly hollows you out until the only thing left is rage and emptiness. So I thought why not lean into that raw emotional core instead. So, here’s what I got.

I’d call it “No One Left to Save Me,” a Contemporary R&B/trap ballad with heavy K-pop production influences where One rejects any redemption or salvation because ‘there’s no one left to save her.’ For the inspirations, I go with a bit of Red Velvet, a bit of BLACKPINK, maybe a bit of Chris Grey, and maybe the Weeknd.

Usually, traditional villain songs focus on the power fantasy. Think about grand schemes, world domination, all that surface-level evil stuff. This one would flip it. It’s sad as hell as it explores the acceptance of who she is right now and how in her mind, there is no one in the world that could pull her back from the edge. It would explore themes of isolation and loneliness, trauma from long-term imprisonment, the slow descent into villainy, vengeance against the world/society that abandoned her, a full rejection of any salvation or redemption (that’s probably the main focus), and the cost of solitary confinement. TPOT 20 basically confirmed that One didn’t just wake up one day and decide “yeah, I’m evil now.” The episode framed her as someone who got mentally destroyed by fourteen straight years of isolation inside the Moon and a lot of people, including myself, have pointed out how insanely horrifying that actually is if you think about it for more than five seconds. Even the UN says prolonged solitary confinement beyond fifteen days can psychologically damage someone, and One was trapped there for FOURTEEN YEARS. That’s over five thousand days alone with nothing but your own thoughts echoing back at you.

And honestly? That’s what makes her such an interesting antagonist to me. She’s dangerous, manipulative, unstable, absolutely responsible for horrible things, but almost all of that was because Four and the others basically threw her into psychological oblivion and hoped the problem would disappear. TPOT 20 made it pretty clear that the Moon wasn’t just “a prison,” it was effectively solitary confinement dialled up to cosmic horror levels. Yeah, I know One killed Three in cold blood, but no one, even a murderer, deserves be sealed away alone for fourteen years with zero meaningful contact, especially with the amount of effects solitary confinement can have on the mind. Think shit like paranoia, anxiety, hallucinations, dissociation, and a complete breakdown of identity. That’s not “rehabilitation,” that’s basically pressure-cooking a psyche until it cracks. 

I will leave the lyrics I made up down in the comments for you to check out. Fair warning, they’re a rough draft and I’m not a professional songwriter, but I think they capture the vibe I’m going for pretty well. Honestly, the bridge is my favourite part because it sounds kind of like a eulogy to her old self, the moment where she acknowledges who she was before and that she didn’t wake up one day and choose to become this. It hits really different when you frame it that way.

The two things that frustrates me about normal villain songs is that 1, most lean towards the cringy Disney sound. You know, the grand sweeping orchestra, the over-the-top monologue set to a pipe organ, the villain laying out their entire plan while doing jazz hands. It has its charm, and yeah, some of them absolutely slap (Hellfire is one of them. Heck, if we’re talking object shows, Taco’s Tirade is probably my favourite villain song and that song also has that traditional Disney sound to it). I want this song to lean towards the more modern sound like trap and R&B. And 2, most of the villain songs talk about the same thing. The lyrics would talk about one out of these 3-4 things: power fantasies, world domination, gloating about how everyone underestimated you, and scheming and plotting. Like seriously, how many times can we hear the same “I’m so evil and powerful, bow down to me” orchestral anthems before we get tired of it? Because personally, I’ve been tired of it for years. This song would appeal more to the modern generation and not just another Disney villain monologue set to strings.

So yeah, that’s basically the full vision I had for it. If I can summarise “No One Left To Save Me” in just a few sentences, it would be this:

One doesn’t believe in redemption nor wants it because, in her mind, there is literally nothing left in her that can be redeemed and that no matter what people try to do, she will forever be a monster and a tragic reminder of what happens when you take a person, strip away every trace of connection, and expect them to come out the other side unchanged. Not because she is too cocky to want redemption or thinks she’s above it, but because, at this point in her head, she’s already past the point of return, that she became too unhinged to be saved by anyone. And that’s the point that hits so hard because I personally would love to see a One redemption arc, but it would break my heart if One were to reject it because she thinks she can’t be saved.

Anyway, that’s basically the direction I’d take it. What do y’all think? Would you listen to it on repeat or would you listen to it on mute? Let me know in the comments below. If you have any suggestions for any tweaks, I’m open to hearing them too.

Anyway, I’ll stop rambling now before this turns into a full essay longer than TPOT 20’s runtime, so I guess I will see you in the comments.

EDIT: I’m also thinking about if One were to have a redemption arc and a potential ‘reprise’ version featuring Two (who I think would most likely be the reason for her redemption arc) where it starts like normal, but the lyrics gradually shift in tone to acknowledge that yes, there was someone who saved her in the end. And I can imagine it being a symphonic metal version of the song.